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WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09), a member of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, has introduced the Modernizing and Improving the National Terrorism Advisory System Act, legislation to overhaul the National Terrorism Advisory System.
The bipartisan legislation is cosponsored by Congressman Matt Van Epps (R-TN-07) and Ranking Member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson (D-MS-02).
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today introduced legislation that would prohibit Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from obscuring or removing their license plates. The Protecting License-plate Access for Transparency and Enforcement Act, or PLATE Act, responds to pervasive behavior by masked ICE agents manipulating their vehicle plates to hide their identities from public scrutiny.
PATERSON, NJ – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today announced her new senior district staff team.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) announced that the 2026 government spending bill package enacted this week included $14,494,000 for 15 separate community projects in the Ninth Congressional District championed by Pou.
With their passage into law, Congresswoman Pou has so far this year secured funding for 26 separate community projects in North Jersey, totaling $24,205,000 delivered for the people of New Jersey’s Ninth District.
Dear Friend,
This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou. Earlier today, I stood alongside construction workers, labor leaders, and state and local officials to speak about the Trump administration’s policy decision to halt federal funding for the Gateway Project.
We gathered for a simple reason: to highlight the very real harm this funding hold threatens to impose on working families and on our region’s future.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) today called on DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to explain why ICE agents are systemically manipulating and hiding vehicle license plates to mask their work and identities.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09) and Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) have introduced the bipartisan Coordinated Leadership for Environmental and Aquatic Needs–Unified Planning Act (CLEAN-UP), legislation that would expedite the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) ability to remediate contaminated sediments for water projects by granting indemnification waivers to USACE when following an EPA-approved remediation plan.
Dear Friend:
This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to share some positive news for Passaic County residents.
Dear Friend:
This is Congresswoman Nellie Pou writing to share some positive news for Bergen residents.
WASHINGTON, DC – Congresswoman Nellie Pou (D-NJ-09), a member of the House Subcommittee on Water Resources, today announced Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awards totaling $16,654,166.68 that will go to Passaic County, Bergen County, and Passaic City for flood control efforts.